Sights, camera, action!

WANT to give your holiday a touch of star quality? Then spend it following in the footsteps of your favourite TV heroes and heroines.

More and more of us are going for location, location, location when it comes to short breaks with a difference in Britain.

And that means soaking up the atmosphere in the streets and buildings where some of our most popular TV series were filmed.

Now a new book, the British Television Location Guide, tells telly lovers where top dramas and comedies were filmed. And today we're looking at some of the best TV places to visit.

Chenies Manor

Take the latest BBC blockbuster LITTLE DORRIT for instance-a star-studded version of the Charles Dickens novel. Already fans are flocking to the Buckinghamshire countryside where the series was filmed.

The highlight is 15th Century Chenies Manor (pictured above), near Amersham, used as the home of the Meagles family. Daughter Pet Meagles and cad Henry Gowan tie the knot in the pretty church at the manor gates and you can follow their lead by hiring the house and garden for weddings and christenings.

Little Dorritt on the small screen

The house is open to the public from April but winter visitors can visitthe church and lunch at the superb Red Lion village pub. You can stay nearby at the Bedford Arms hotel in Chenies which costs from £95 for a double room B&B. See www. bedfordarms.co.uk or call 01923 283301. For more information on Chenies Manor visit www.cheniesmanorhouse.co. uk or call 01494 762888.

The British Television Location Guide, by Steve Clark and Shoba Vazirani, which lists more than 90 locations, is published by Splendid Books priced £9.99. Available with free delivery from www.splendidbooks.co.uk or call 0845 625 3045 or send a cheque for £9.99 (payable to Splendid Books Limited) to Splendid Books, PO Box 813, Portsmouth, Hampshire PO1 9EY. Also in bookshops.

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